wainscot

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

wainscot
    n 1: panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is
         finished differently from the rest of the wall [syn:
         {wainscot}, {dado}]
    2: wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room
       [syn: {wainscot}, {wainscoting}, {wainscotting}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Wainscot \Wain"scot\, n. [OD. waeghe-schot, D. wagen-schot, a
   clapboard, fr. OD. waeg, weeg, a wall (akin to AS. wah; cf.
   Icel. veggr) + schot a covering of boards (akin to E. shot,
   shoot).]
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   1. Oaken timber or boarding. [Obs.]
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            A wedge wainscot is fittest and most proper for
            cleaving of an oaken tree.            --Urquhart.
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            Inclosed in a chest of wainscot.      --J. Dart.
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   2. (Arch.) A wooden lining or boarding of the walls of
      apartments, usually made in panels.
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   3. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of European moths of
      the family {Leucanidae}.
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   Note: They are reddish or yellowish, streaked or lined with
         black and white. Their larvae feed on grasses and
         sedges.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Wainscot \Wain"scot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wainscoted}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Wainscoting}.]
   To line with boards or panelwork, or as if with panelwork;
   as, to wainscot a hall.
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         Music soundeth better in chambers wainscoted than
         hanged.                                  --Bacon.
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         The other is wainscoted with looking-glass. --Addison.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

44 Moby Thesaurus words for "wainscot":
      base, baseboard, basement, bush, bushing, ceil, chassis, dado,
      doubling, doublure, face, facing, feather, fill, filler, filling,
      foot, footing, foundation, frame, fur, inlay, inlayer, insole,
      interline, interlineation, keel, line, liner, lining, load,
      mopboard, nadir, pack, packing, pad, padding, shoemold, sole,
      stuff, stuffing, toe, wad, wadding